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The Resolution
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Ron Lee is known for his New Year’s resolutions, but as midnight approaches on New Year’s Eve, 2014, he’s coming up dry. Then, in a burst of alcohol-infused genius, it comes to him: a way to satisfy both his compulsion to keep resolutions and his...
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Finding Your Way . . . In the Fog of Life
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You think that you’ve made some questionable life decisions? You’re in good company. In Finding Your Way . . . in the Fog of Life, William M. Scovell presents a lively collection of short, fictional tales that shine a light on the humor, mystery,...
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The Berrylove Chronicles
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I don’t think a person can live in any given locality for a prolonged period of time without noticing its peculiarities… So begins The Berrylove Chronicles, a collection of ten interconnected stories set in the fictional town of Berrylove,...
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Husband for Patricia
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The agenda of the weekly meeting of the Widows’ Association has one goal: Find a husband for Patricia Potter. The other members—Amy, Amanda, and Cecily—can’t stand Patricia’s moaning about mystery illnesses and the loss of her beloved husband,...
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The We're Still Here Book Club. Volume One: Elbows Up!
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What is wrong with the world when the disappearance of a single red baseball cap with an American political slogan on it—yes, one of those hats—can threaten the very existence of Canada? Yet isn’t there something absurdly fitting about the fact...
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On Second Thought Maybe I'll Live
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Robert Robert Robertson wants to commit suicide—and not just because of his stupid name. Determined to end it all and armed with a backpack full of stolen cash, Robert heads to the Utah desert for one last hurrah. But being inept, impulsive, and...
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Throwing the Hammer
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Paranoid administrators, interdepartmental feuds, quirky staff members, and an eccentric headmaster: welcome to Winston Grant High School. Mark Patterson has a master’s degree in physics, wants to do nothing more than surf and ski, and believes...
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They Don't Make Studebakers Anymore
A Fictional Memoir
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I was born on the hood of a Studebaker . . . So begins the story of Boy, coming of age in a small town in the 1960s. From trying to understand the Cold War, to first kisses, and the moon landing, Boy struggles to make sense of his world. The...
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H-Huh?
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Something strange sits hungrily in a teenager’s closet, an obsessive scientist meddles with ageing, a squirrel pays an early-morning visit and an unlikely friendships develops between prey and predator… In these four quirky short stories of the...
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I Guess I’m Not The Problem...
A Stepmom's Naive Optimism and Survival in a Toxic Family
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Racheli isn’t expecting to fall in love again later in life, but a chance encounter with a colleague transitions from a happenstance meeting at a local diner to a wedding proposal. Racheli is determined to make a successful blended family with...
